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The Cincinnati Bell Connector started carrying passengers on Friday morning.

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Updated: 12:22 PM EDT Sep 9, 2016

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The Cincinnati Bell Connector started carrying passengers on Friday morning.

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WEBVTT CELEBRATIONS. BRIAN. BRIAN: OPENING DAY FOR THE STREETCAR. PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN CINCINNATI FOR 65 YEARS -- LOAD ON TO A STREET CAR TO NAVIGATE THE CITY. PEOPLE ALIGNED UP HERE. ALL THE STREETCARS TOOK OFFLOADED WITH PEOPLE. THEY ARE OUT OF THE CIRCUIT RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE BACK SHORTLY. TO PICK UP ANOTHER LOAD OF PASSENGERS. DESPITE THE THREAT OF RAIN, A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR THE CEREMONY. MORE MAYORS AND FORMER MAYORS AND VICE MAYORS HERE TO KICK OFF THE PROJECT THAN THERE ARE STREET CARS. THAT DOESN'T COUNT ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AMONG THE CROWD, A MAN WHO RODE THE VERY LAST STREET CAR THAT RAN. HE'LL BE GETTING ONE OF THE FIRST RIDES TODAY. THE FIRST CEREMONIAL RIDE OUT OF HERE TOOK OFF ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO, LOADED WITH DIGNITARIES. IT'S FREE TO RIDE THE STREET CA THIS WEEKEND. MONDAY YOU BEGIN TO PAY -- $1 FOR TWO HOURS, $2 FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. THIS WAS A CEREMONY OF THE STREET CAR'S BEST FRIENDS THEY ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED. BUT THE REAL TEST COMES FROM THE PUBLIC. WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF THE STREET CAR? WILL THEY USE IT? IS IT THE ANSWER TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY? ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS WILL BE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE BEFORE WE GET REAL GOOD ANSWERS TO THAT.

Streetcar open for passengers

The Cincinnati Bell Connector started carrying passengers on Friday morning.